Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection on Blu-ray in April!

[best12bars]

I've seen Flower Drum Song in HD, and it looks great! It's ready to go, too.

I'm surprised they didn't try to work out a deal. The recent Marilyn BD box set had licenses from multiple studios, as did the Hitchcock BD collection. So why not?

[Mildred Plotka]

Price has already dropped to $73.99 on Amazon! Thought I'd let everyone know.

[DAME]

Has anyone seen King and I in Blu Ray? Is it new? Is it available as a single? My amazon search only shows DVDs .

[Gorlois]

DAME, The King and I hasn't been released on BD yet. The only way you will be able to own it for the time being is to buy the box set. A standalone release hasn't even been announced yet.

[DAME]

I guess I will wait. I have the DVD and with my luck they will remaster the movie right after I buy it. I can't bring myself to buy anything else that includes yet another copy of Spund Of Music.

[best12bars]

As I said earlier in this thread, I have seen an HD version of The King and I. It looked fantastic, and that was on cable. I'm sure a Blu-ray Disc would look even better.

[Mildred Plotka]

Someone on bluray.com that's working on the set said everything will get its individual release, though I'm sure a few months after this drops. I can't see this going lower than $73.99 (it's the deal of the week on Amazon) so I pre-ordered, even though I'll be getting 2 movies I have on blu. Ah well.

[CarlosAlberto]

For those of you who are interested Fox has elected not to include the 1962 version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's STATE FAIR starring Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Ann-Margret and Pamela Tiffin in the newly released blu-ray set as they did with the previous DVD set.

However, the CinemaScope and Todd-AO versions of OKLAHOMA! as well as the Theatrical and Extended Roadshow Versions of SOUTH PACIFIC are included.

[best12bars]

I wonder why they didn't include the '62 State Fair.

They want people to double-dip by giving them less content but higher quality?

[DAME]

weird.

[CarlosAlberto]

Also of note: The second.disc for THE SOUND OF MUSiC which has the special features is not included.

[DAME]

Carlos.. ese eres tu en tu foto?

[DAME]

La cabrona no me contesta.

[EricMontreal22]

I have it on good authority that they tried to include FDS but Universal wouldn't play (is it that popular a title for them?) More confusing is the lack of the Fair remake. I'm holding out--I have to save for the Demy box set.

[best12bars]

I'm surprised Universal wouldn't work a deal on Flower Drum Song.

Universal reaped the benefits of including North By Northwest (which Warner owns now) in their Hitchcock box set. Why can't they loan a few titles out as well?

I'm glad I own the Sound of Music BD already with the extra disc (also BD) of special features. The new documentaries (especially the one with all the kids together) are great.

I will probably wait for an Amazon "Gold Box" deal and then grab the set. I'm most excited about the King & I, which looks stunning in HD.

And I hope they have improved the (truly terrible) transfers of Oklahoma! Both the 70mm and the Cinemascope looked awful for different reasons.

[Gorlois]

I just read Blu-ray.com's review; apparently Oklahoma's Todd-AO is a beaut-- even better than the CinemaScope, and the highlight of the set. The King and I, however, has suddenly been shadowed with a blue tint throughout the film, which is highly disappointing as it was my most anticipated title in the set. Carousel and State Fair didn't get quite the same deal as Oklahoma, but apparently they're not as bad as The King and I. The reviewer recommends to wait for a standalone release of Oklahoma, or to hold off on the set until the price is lower. It's a shame it's such a mixed bag.

[best12bars]

I'm horrified to hear about the King & I. I saw an HD presentation about a year ago, and it looked great! I certainly don't remember any blue tint.

The film itself tended toward browns and "sepia," but perhaps that was due to age, or maybe it was intentional. To "overcompensate" by giving it a blue tint is just wrong. I would love to see some frame grabs to check it out.

As for Oklahoma! that's great news. But King & I won Oscars for Art Direction and Costumes in a year that was filled with brilliant art direction and costume design. To see them with a good HD transfer would be dazzling. But not if everything is "blue." Ugh.

For those interested, The King and I won for Art Direction over ...

Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
Lust For Life
The Ten Commandments

ANY of those films could have been the winner. Talk about an amazing year for Art Direction!

For costumes, King & I won against ...

Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
Ten Commandments
War and Peace

Again ... incredible competition.

So I was really looking forward to this on BD. What's up with the blue???

By the way, this "blue craze," isn't new. Apparently William Friedkin was ostracized for tinting both The French Connection and The Exorcist masters for their Blu-ray releases. I've seen side-by-side frame comparisons, and they don't look at all like the original films! The blue filter fad is something that really started in the '90s and early 2000s.

Everything has that cold "Braveheart" tint to it. Great for some movies, but let's not be revisionists and decide that today's color timing is right for all past movies. It isn't, and they're wrong.

[best12bars]

Just found this one grab from The King and I BD. I still think it looks pretty fantastic, but I can definitely see the blue tint.


Small House of Uncle Thomas

[Jose]

The King and I isn't looking good from what I've been told as well. Here's another screen shot.

[best12bars]

Okay the blue tint was no exaggeration.

That completely sucks.

[CarlosAlberto]

The 1080dpi HD download I purchased.from iTunes doesn't have a blue tint and looks great..